Editing for the media

Description

This course is designed to cover the operation of computerized digital, nonlinear editing techniques and linear online edit sessions. Students learn how to operate desktop, non-linear digital editors to create various forms of video for education, entertainment, and special events, commercial and industrial applications. The course focuses on the practicalities and aesthetics of editing so that students can put their best film forward. This course is designed to demystify editing and the post production process so they can complete their film, pictures or video during or following the course. Representatives from various related fields may be invited to speak.

Program

Media Management

Objectives

• By the end of the term, students should be able to:rn• Demonstrate familiarity with editing terms and fundamentals and prepare footage for editing their project on a digital editing system or on film.rn• Learn how to edit films, audio videos, digital video, pictures . rn• Gain hands-on experience to foster basic editing skills performance.rn• Begin editing their project, aiming for a finished "First Cut."rn• Edit their project: make an overlap, cut in a reaction, work with mismatches, finesse the pacing of a scene, and address action, dialog, and montage scenes.rn• Provide a demonstration of non-linear editing equipment, including editing a video sequence to synchronize to a musical or narrated sound track.rn•Combine technical competence with their imagination and creativity through created projects.rn• Develop an understanding of the importance of time management, cooperation technical capabilities of production/editing personnel.rn• Introduction to the animation methods and techniques.rn• Demonstrate a working knowledge of post finishing processes: Digital play out, tape online, film negative cut, DVD authoring, and Digital Intermediate.rn